IMPROVED MUSHROOM CASING3/24/2005Following last month's article by Carl Bozicek on mushroom casing, it was timely to hear that further work is being undertaken in a project funded by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Research Stimulus fund.

AH GO ON!3/24/2005Stalker was amused reading of the incident in early March in which the Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan swore at a farmer during a heated exchange while canvassing in Co. Meath.

MALTESER HEAD3/24/2005One of Unimush Ireland's main men, Seamus Cassidy, is heading out to Malta for a reccy and possibly some R&R over the Easter period.

CLEAN IS GOOD3/24/2005As in the murky world of bank heists, so too in the mushroom world, laundering seems to be ever more important!

BETAGLUCANE INVESTIGATED3/24/2005Prague’s Institute of Chemical Technology is home to one of Europe’s leading food technology departments, which has helped put the Czech Republic at the cutting edge of food R&D.

HAPPINESS3/24/2005Always on the look out for the secret of a happy life, Stalker was happy to note that economic researchers have been looking into this very question.

OUTER-SPACE BAGS3/24/2005i>Stalker was amazed to read about the prospect of luring tourists to mushroom farms in Taiwan.